Police investigating alleged assault of middle school student

A McClure Middle School student told police she was assaulted on her way home from school Thursday by a group of girls, including one who accused her of ratting her out to police for posting a harassing YouTube video of a previous alleged assault.

The victim told police she was first assaulted in February at the Yesler Community Center by a girl who ‘was under the impression (the victim) was ‘talking smack,'” according to a police report.

The victim told police that incident wasn’t reported to officers, but a video of the incident had been posted on YouTube under the title “Beat girl up” or something similar.

The middle school girl who was attacked missed her school bus home Thursday and caught a Metro buss to get home. The suspect and three or four other girls in the 1600 block of Third Avenue approached her.

The suspect “then told her friends to ‘Get her! Get her!,” according to a report. The victim was punched in the face and had her hair pulled. Police said she received minor injuries to her right elbow area and was kneed in the right side by one of the girls.

The suspects ran after an unknown stranger pulled the victim from the fight.

Police released no additional details about the victim or suspect, other than that the susepct was 14 or 15 and had been expelled from McClure.

In criminal matters involving Seattle Public Schools, the Police Department has been the lead agency and the district has provided support during the investigations. A district spokesman did not discuss the case Tuesday, as school officials typically do not comment on ongoing police investigations.

Police released no additional details about the victim or suspects, other than one of the suspects was 14 or 15 and had been expelled from McClure.